aˈppellatively, adv.
[f. prec. adj. + -ly2.]
In an appellative manner; as a common noun.
| 1613 Purchas Pilgr. I. i. vi. 29 In the land of Nod, which some take to be appellatively spoken, as if his misery had given name of Moving unto the place. 1662 Fuller Worthies ii. 18 The Fallacy lieth in the Homonymy of Ware, here not taken for that Town so named, but appellatively for all vendible Commodities. 1875 Whitney Life Lang. x. 205 Whether the quality-denoting word shall be used attributively or appellatively. |